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Keith from New Zealand sent on a question this week: Pronunciation is of prime importance to me and I feel that I need to see phonetic spelling alongside the written ‘Irish phrases in your lessons?? Great question! The basic problem that many people feel with learning Irish Gaelic is that the language uses a different combination of letters …

Ryan asked me this week, while considering to take Bitesize Irish Gaelic (thanks for joining today, Ryan!), how long it would take to learn to speak a new language. The short answer: a long time. Much longer than you might expect. But keep at it. If this puts you off already, please step slowly away …

This is a guest post by Rubén, who writes on Mostly Maths about programming, productivity and time management. A math PhD student and aspiring procrastinator, he writes about fighting time expenditure and continuous improvement. When you start learning a new language, common wisdom suggests that you have two possible goals (not mutually exclusive). One is …

Tonight, we watched three episodes of Mad Men. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a TV series centered around a marketing agency in the 1960s. I bought Saša a season of it on DVD for Christmas. I also like to watch it (how convenient!). It’s a good show, and I’m quite enthralled by it. …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5pDW_kKVYM Caron Osberg is the leader of an Irish Gaelic study group in Des Moines, Iowa. She has signed up her students as members of Bitesize Irish Gaelic to start to learn Irish Gaelic online. Sign up now to access our lessons on Bitesize Irish Gaelic. What did you think of the tips that Caron …

If I mention “dialects” to you in respect to Irish Gaelic, it might make you fret! First off, as we say in one of our members’ lessons dedicated to Irish Gaelic dialects, you most surely should not fret about it as a beginner. In any case, you do know dialects. Look at North America, and …